Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2185-0593
Print ISSN : 0916-0647
ISSN-L : 0916-0647
Study on the Community Development by Neighborhood Groups of Urban Poor in Thailand
A Case Study of Bonkai Community in Bangkok
Atsushi KawasumiToshinobu Fujii
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2007 Volume 42.1 Pages 106-111

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The purpose of this paper is as follows. Firstly, it shows the daily affairs of residents in Bonkai community, Bangkok. Secondly, activities of neighborhood groups for Baan Mankong Program project are introduced. Thirdly, characteristic of neighborhood groups are analyzed. Finally, it analyzes efficacy of community development based on the participatory activities of neighborhood groups in the community. In conclusion, a) it makes clear the creative roles of neighborhood groups in community development, which based on routine daily lives with keeping intimate relationship, b) development based on activities of neighborhood groups has some possibilities toward getting a sustainable environment as it has different characteristics with related development ways adapted in Japan such as planned small scale development, mini-land adjustment and block redevelopment.
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